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  • 4:54 AM

    Love Abounds in Everything

    Clarice Jensen

    Lys

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:23
  • 4:43 AM

    Teen Murti

    Reena Esmail

    Visions Take Flight

    ROCO

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:45
  • 4:39 AM

    saman

    Olafur Arnalds

    Sunrise Session II

    Olafur Arnalds, piano

    2:33
  • 4:28 AM

    Nordic Affect

    10:06
  • 4:19 AM

    Point of Departure

    Hildur Gudnadottir

    Nordic Affect

    7:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Music for Airports: 2/2

    Brian Eno

    Bang on a Can All-Stars

    12:20
  • 4:04 AM

    Poem No. 7

    Brian Agro

    Brian Agro: Poems and Preludes

    Tomas Bachli, piano

    1:29
  • 4:01 AM

    Poem No. 3

    Brian Agro

    Brian Agro: Poems and Preludes

    Tomas Bachli, piano

    3:13
  • 3:49 AM

    Cantabile

    Peteris Vasks

    Vasks: Cantabile - Baltic Works For String Orchestra Vol 2

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    8:55
  • 3:32 AM

    Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur

    Kayhan Kalhor

    Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ?– Silk Road Journeys

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    15:34
  • 3:17 AM

    Shadow Light

    Elena Ruehr

    New Orchestra of Washington

    Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

    Marcus Thompson, viola

    12:27
  • 3:07 AM

    The Spark Catchers

    Hannah Kendall

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    9:36
  • 3:01 AM

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:52 AM

    Notturno No. 1

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:42
  • 2:45 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Das Klavierwerk

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    5:58
  • 2:23 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Elie Siegmeister

    American Flute Concertos

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    20:54
  • 2:18 AM

    Three "Springar"

    Halfdan Kjerulf

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    3:25
  • 2:06 AM

    Dionysiaques

    Florent Schmitt

    Songs and Dances

    Cincinnati Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    11:05
  • 2:01 AM

    Menuet and A Little Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    4:31
  • 1:54 AM

    Fall, Leaves, Fall

    Kathryn Rose

    Among Whirlwinds

    Singer Pur

    4:10
  • 1:30 AM

    Parergon

    Richard Strauss

    Burleske and Parergon

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    Ian Hobson, piano

    24:05
  • 1:20 AM

    Esther: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:16
  • 1:16 AM

    Sour Times

    Portishead

    12 Ensemble

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    Katherine Tinker, piano

    John Metcalfe, viola

    3:17
  • 1:06 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 1:01 AM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    4:39
  • 12:31 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    Fantaisie / Cello Concertos

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Varga, conductor

    Sophie Rolland, cello

    27:06
  • 12:14 AM

    Concerto for 2 Horns

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Concertos for 2 Horns

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    15:15
  • 12:09 AM

    Mazurka No. 38

    Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    3:27
  • 12:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    2:45
  • 12:01 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: African Dancer

    William Grant Still

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    4:34
  • 11:56 PM

    After a Dream (Apres un Reve)

    Gabriel Faure

    Songs From The Arc Of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:38
  • 11:51 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Birth of Venus

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:35 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:52
  • 11:22 PM

    String Quartet "Opera in Musica"

    Carlo Monza

    Carlo Monza: Opera in Musica

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    12:23
  • 11:17 PM

    Call to the Mountains: 3rd movement

    Samuel A. Livingston

    Arcadian Winds

    3:16
  • 11:06 PM

    Prelude and Fugue

    Marion Bauer

    Farm Journal / Cotillion Suite / Symphony In A / Prelude & Fugue / Suite For String Orchestra

    Vienna Orchestra

    Charles Adler, conductor

    9:41
  • 11:01 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:32
  • 10:55 PM

    Bucimis (Folk Dance)

    Traditional Bulgarian

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Itamar Doari, percussion

    2:57
  • 10:33 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Clara Schumann

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    21:48
  • 10:31 PM

    Mela Tenenbaum, violin

    Richard Kapp, piano

    1:14
  • 10:28 PM

    El Colibri (The Hummingbird)

    Julio Sagreras

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    1:17
  • 10:23 PM

    The Lost Birds: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

    Christopher Tin

    Voces8

    4:46
  • 10:10 PM

    Sonata Concertata

    Niccolo Paganini

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    John Williams, guitar

    11:34
  • 10:06 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:11
  • 9:45 PM

    Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:07
  • 9:34 PM

    Octet: 6th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    10:31
  • 9:24 PM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:42
  • 9:18 PM

    Tombeau sur la Mort de M. Logy

    Silvius Weiss

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    5:19
  • 9:07 PM

    Vals Capricho

    Ricardo Castro Herrera

    Dances for Piano and Orchestra

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    7:56
  • 9:06 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    1:29
  • 9:03 PM

    To A Yellow Rose

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:38
  • 8:41 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 8:25 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:51
  • 8:18 PM

    Violin Sonata: 2nd movement

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Amanda Meyer: Volume 2

    Cecilia Zilliacus, violin

    4:25
  • 8:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    The Power and the Majesty: Essential Choral Classics

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    11:39
  • 8:01 PM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:57 PM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    1:34
  • 5:33 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    23:46
  • 5:16 PM

    Suite for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola

    Randall Thompson

    Buried Treasure

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    14:42
  • 5:10 PM

    Madeleine Stucki, piano

    4:19
  • 5:06 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:39
  • 5:00 PM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:55 PM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:07
  • 4:16 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Clara Schumann

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    37:52
  • 4:06 PM

    Introduction and Rondo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:32
  • 4:00 PM

    Sonata No. 12

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Twelve Sonatas (1676)

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:44 PM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    13:51
  • 3:40 PM

    Trumpet Symphony

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:59
  • 3:15 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi's Rome

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:45
  • 3:13 PM

    From the Southland: Through Moaning Pines

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Flight: Migration Music Part 2

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 3:06 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Bourree; Harlequinade; Der sturmende Aeolus

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    5:10
  • 3:01 PM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:54 PM

    String Trio: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Trios

    Grumiaux Trio

    3:59
  • 2:48 PM

    Rinaldo: Let me weep (Lascia ch'io pianga)

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    4:46
  • 2:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:54
  • 2:13 PM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:29
  • 2:01 PM

    Autumn Sonata

    Tony Banks

    Five

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    10:15
  • 1:52 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    7:12
  • 1:43 PM

    Horn Trio: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Trios

    Gyorgy Sebok, piano

    7:33
  • 1:39 PM

    Allerseelen (All Souls' Day)

    Richard Strauss

    A Program of Song

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    3:01
  • 1:30 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:31
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:19 PM

    Music for Bill and Me

    Lou Harrison

    David Tanenbaum, guitar

    3:35
  • 1:19 PM

    String Trio: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Trios

    Grumiaux Trio

    3:59
  • 1:13 PM

    Contredanse

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Works For Piano, Vol. IV

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    3:01
  • 1:10 PM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:58
  • 1:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Symphony No. 2, Slavonic Dances

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:50 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:32
  • 12:46 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Piano Sonata, Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:02
  • 12:41 PM

    Rustic Triptych: Morning Enchantment

    Charlotte Sohy

    Mathilde Calderini, flute

    Omer Bouchez, violin

    Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, viola

    Yan Levionnois, cello

    Constance Luzzati, harp

    3:34
  • 12:32 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:57
  • 12:27 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne & Carmen Suites

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    23:42
  • 12:21 PM

    The Lost Birds: Bird Raptures

    Christopher Tin

    Christopher Tin: The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 12:07 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Stuttgart Brass Quartet

    1:53
  • 11:51 AM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Bernard Adelstein, posthorn

    7:33
  • 11:46 AM

    Holberg Suite: Gavotte

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:28
  • 11:43 AM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 11:35 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trumpet Works

    Ensemble

    Layton James, conductor

    Gary Bordner, trumpet

    7:17
  • 11:34 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    2:27
  • 11:34 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    A Christmas Celebration, Volume 2

    Galliard Brass & Friends

    :47
  • 11:30 AM

    Appalachian Autumn: Jig

    Grant Cooper

    The Tales of the West Virginia Hills

    West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    Grant Cooper, conductor

    2:49
  • 11:18 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi | Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:46
  • 11:11 AM

    Symphony No. 11 "Winter": 2nd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    6:10
  • 11:04 AM

    Concerto No. 7

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    5:38
  • 10:47 AM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    11:29
  • 10:43 AM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    3:44
  • 10:36 AM

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:03
  • 10:31 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 10:28 AM

    Organ Concerto No. 5: Presto

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    2:02
  • 10:14 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:30
  • 10:08 AM

    Symphony No. 10

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Eduardo Eguez, lute

    1:28
  • 10:01 AM

    La Sampaguita (The Flower of Manila)

    Dolores Paterno

    To A Camia: Piano Music from Romantic Manila

    Sally Pinkas, piano

    4:46
  • 9:48 AM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    10:20
  • 9:29 AM

    Symphony No. 40

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 9, 12, 13, & 40

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:21
  • 9:10 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Franco Mezzena, violin

    Bruno Mezzena, piano

    18:07
  • 9:06 AM

    Sleepless Night

    George Gershwin

    Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Pol

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann

    Echo Collective

    4:33
  • 8:52 AM

    Nocturne No. 13

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    6:37
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphonia Domestica

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    43:50
  • 8:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:46 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:19
  • 7:29 AM

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Varga, conductor

    Sophie Rolland, cello

    16:58
  • 7:24 AM

    Paco Pena, guitar

    4:25
  • 7:13 AM

    Scenes d'Enfants

    Federico Mompou

    Mirian Conti, piano

    9:09
  • 7:06 AM

    Consolation

    Jon Leifs

    Leifs: Geysir and Other Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:23
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony: Larghetto

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:33 AM

    The Hours Suite

    Philip Glass

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    25:00
  • 6:26 AM

    Recorder Sonata No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    6:04
  • 6:22 AM

    O sacrum convivium

    Olivier Messiaen

    Vaughan Williams: Mass In G Minor, And Other A Cappella Works

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus

    Norman Mackenzie, conductor

    3:07
  • 6:06 AM

    Septet

    Walter Kaufmann

    Kaufmann: Chamber Works

    ARC Ensemble

    Jamie Kruspe, violin

    14:50
  • 6:01 AM

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:33
  • 5:36 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    Ada Kuuseoks, piano

    22:36
  • 5:30 AM

    David of the White Rock

    John Thomas

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    4:29
  • 5:06 AM

    Viola Sonata

    Rebecca Clarke

    Steven Dann, viola

    Bruce Vogt, piano

    22:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Overtures & Sinfonias

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44